From Special guest to waitress..........

What a few days.............we headed down to the Sydney Royal Easter Show.........had been wanting to go for years and the CWA that I am a member of won a grant and someone had to be there to receive the grant and give a speech........the speech bit i didn't get til I was well and truly locked in to going.........OMG I was so nervous about it but the ladies said it went well.....no one fell asleep and no one left so thats good........I had to drag out a dress and dust off the high heels - only have one pair.............

put my best manners on..........

they had some very special guests Linda Hurley the wife of the NSW Governor..........she is just delightful and so easy to chat with........

Sue Ryan (above) head of the Royal Agricultural Society Charity Brunch committee........this is a very small committee of 5 ladies (who I think are all RAS Councillors or wives) holding a fundraising brunch each year

Raising some serious funds from one morning brunch......

(Sophie Hansen, Natasha Maclaren-Jones, myself)

Sophie Hansen from Orange Australian Rural Woman of the year 2016 was the guest speaker. She is so passionate about social media and using this to tell your farm story, home cook, food writer.......visit her blog @ Local is Lovely

Natasha Maclaren-Jones is the first female whip in the state government.

It was such a lovely morning............they held a silent auction throughout the morning which also raise funds..........the food was fancy and lovely not what I can ever get in my home town..........I felt very spoilt.........it was an honor to represent my branch at this function and I can't wait til they start the project that we were funded for ...............

After a quick change of clothes to something much more practical and back into my RM boots I was off to the CWA tea rooms at the show.........these are so well known and very popular - there is pretty much a line up of people for tea and scones all day........people were very patient.....Fairy Girl and I worked out the front for the afternoon shift clearing and wiping down tables.....we never stopped..........I would definitely do it again......i'll make better plans for next year..........I just dropped in the afternoon before and asked if they needed help.........I tell you it is a hive of activity and everyone has there job to fill...........

Onto the crafts pavilion...........some of the quilts........

I found a Lucy Boston.........

this amazing cake was made from wood............it looked so real.........

recognised this quilt immediately as one of Carols @ Cherry Pie Designs patterns.....she actually knew the lady who entered it too..........

under 20yrs work...........

this circle blanket  was gorgeous...........nice to see one finished as I had seen a few of these growing online.............

We loved both these mini quilts..........the bottom one was about the size of a A4 sheet of paper..............

amazing flowers........

there is something for everyone at the show.............

I don't have any pics of the Man From Snowy River show but there was also camp drafting finals, Polocrosse, the above were motor bikes and utes doing crazy stuff...........

great fireworks display............

just got these on my phone..............

 the other thing for me that is a show tradition is the District exhibits.........made with produce from the areas..........

 it's been years since I went down but I can't wait to head down again next year..............Its still on until the 19th so go along.......the weather is great in Sydney this weekend.......

Catch you later............

Chookyblue............